Of position the us state is sending to the polls in the first major round in action since preston track obama was returned to the white house announced yet the new york democrat was elected this man for the First Time Since nineteen eighteen ninety. Though the dusty and cruised to victory in a one of the most liberal political platforms in us. It included tax rises for the wealthy. The new jesses the man tipped to be a possible republican president ial candidate in twenty sixteen Chris Christie was the city re elected as governor. Already a puppy that figo often astounding as the price is off to see if the stillness and eight christy sort of role political appeal distancing himself from the extremes of the conservative tea party movements. And isnt in yet democrats in the sinai at the clintons tearing the car lift one by the narrowest of margins against his republican rival confounding pitching and isabelle was the swing states. On an estate tuesdays results could prove an anime edge o
Now on bbc news, adam fleming, Laura Kuenssberg and fergus walsh discuss the latest on the coronavirus crisis. Were going to start tonight with an e mail you got tonight, laura, from mo, whos been part of the brock park as family for years. Listens to us all the time. Part of the podcast family for yea rs. She got in touch with us to tell us about her mum eileen who died a couple of days ago of covid 19 in the care home, and mo has given us permission to read some of the e mails. She has. It starts, my mum was 93 on the 15th of april. We couldnt celebrate with her due to lockdown. The fantastic care home staff made a cake and gave her a party. We hadnt seen her for six weeks. On the 17th of april, we had a call to say she had a temperature and was a bit pearly. We thought it was a recurring infection. On the 19th, we were told she wasnt too bad and the worst place she could be was in hospital. She had alzheimers and vascular dementia. Our hearts were breaking as we felt she would think
Tunnel and we can now see the sunlight and the pastor i had of us. And so it is vital that we do not now lose control and run slap into a second and even bigger mountain. Yeah laura, the moments the government, parliament, the country had been waiting for. Yeah, and it isa had been waiting for. Yeah, and it is a significant moment to sort of pause and also the case the government was trying to make today apart from just saying boldly bypass the worst in terms of this peak in the worst in terms of this peak in the infection. Was not the worse didnt happen. The Prime Minister refer to what might have been the worst case scenario, sort of uncontrollable etiquette but not epidemic where they couldve been 500,000 deaths. Epidemic. And he believes firmly that success and strategy of course even to use excess strategy of course even to use excess when so strategy of course even to use excess when so many strategy of course even to use excess when so many people have sadly passed away but that
Engulfed the nfl season is back and the league is on the defensive. Reverse rices suspension for hitting his thenfiancee in a hotel elevator. Now in an interview with matt lauer they discuss their future. Kristen welker has the story. Reporter carl, good evening. Janay and her husband are relieved by the ruling. As we are learning new details from her tonight, there are fresh questions about her husbands future and that of the nfl commissioner. With ray rice now cleared to suit up and take the field, his wife is shedding new light on what happened behind the scenes. Late yesterday an arbitrator ruled the nfl had abused its discretion by punishing rice for the same offense. In june the League Suspended rice for two games upon learning he had hit his thenfiancee and nowwife. But once this disturbing Surveillance Video surfaced showing rice brutally knocking her out in a hotel elevator, commissioner Roger Goodell suspended him indefinitely amidst a public outcry. Goodell defended his deci